While General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), and other major companies may be making headlines with their new plug-in electric hybrid cars, niche car company, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), has been selling pure electric cars to the general public since 2008. The car company has received solid reviews for its cars, is generating a lot of publicity, and has the potential to carve out a niche market that could eventually expand mainstream. At the same time, the car company has faced production and supply problems, and even its low-perfomance, short range cars (160 miles) cost USD 50,000 or more. The question now is whether Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) will go boom or bust? Tesla Motors builds pure electric cars, meaning their cars have no traditional combustion engine. Plug-in hybrids rely primarily on their electric engines within short ranges, bu...